A young boy was rushed to the hospital after he was found in Harrods Creek at Marina Village near Prospect.App users: Tap here for videoPolice said the 6-year-old was pronounced dead at Kosair Children’s Hospital. The boy's mother identified him as Tyler Gibson."My heart sank because there were a couple people over there working on him and they were getting no response after four or five minutes. I know time is important and it wasn't looking good," said Mike Latta, who saw the boy being pulled from the water.Latta said he was working on his boat docked at the Marina Village on Harrods Creek around 3 p.m. Sunday.“Cleaning mud after the last flood. I was at the end wrapping up a hose and looked across the creek and saw a guy pulling a 6-or 8-year-old kid out of the water. He was soaking wet and he pulled him up on to the hill. As soon as he pulled him out, I called 911," Latta said.Minutes earlier, emergency responders rushed to the 7000 block of River Road -- near Transylvania Avenue, after police said the child's parents reported him missing.“The children had been out playing and that child didn't make it back and the mother was looking for the child. After some attempt and they could not find the child, they called police for assistance," said police spokeswoman Carey Klain.Police searched the area looking for any sign of the boy.Police said a neighbor pulled the child out of water in the marina and tried to perform CPR.Officers also tried to resuscitate the boy, but he was unresponsive.He was rushed to Kosair Children's Hospital where he died. “It makes me sick. I have nieces and nephews that come down here all the time. They're all trained. ‘Capt. Mike says life jackets and no running’ and all that stuff. For a kid to be wandering around down here by himself, it just boggles my mind," Latta said.Police said the boy lived in the area.Investigators believe the child drowned, but won't know for sure until an autopsy is done.A death investigation is underway.

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A young boy was rushed to the hospital after he was found in Harrods Creek at Marina Village near Prospect.

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Police said the 6-year-old was pronounced dead at Kosair Children’s Hospital. The boy's mother identified him as Tyler Gibson.

"My heart sank because there were a couple people over there working on him and they were getting no response after four or five minutes. I know time is important and it wasn't looking good," said Mike Latta, who saw the boy being pulled from the water.

Latta said he was working on his boat docked at the Marina Village on Harrods Creek around 3 p.m. Sunday.

“Cleaning mud after the last flood. I was at the end wrapping up a hose and looked across the creek and saw a guy pulling a 6-or 8-year-old kid out of the water. He was soaking wet and he pulled him up on to the hill. As soon as he pulled him out, I called 911," Latta said.

Minutes earlier, emergency responders rushed to the 7000 block of River Road -- near Transylvania Avenue, after police said the child's parents reported him missing.

“The children had been out playing and that child didn't make it back and the mother was looking for the child. After some attempt and they could not find the child, they called police for assistance," said police spokeswoman Carey Klain.

Police searched the area looking for any sign of the boy.

Police said a neighbor pulled the child out of water in the marina and tried to perform CPR.

Officers also tried to resuscitate the boy, but he was unresponsive.

He was rushed to Kosair Children's Hospital where he died.

“It makes me sick. I have nieces and nephews that come down here all the time. They're all trained. ‘Capt. Mike says life jackets and no running’ and all that stuff. For a kid to be wandering around down here by himself, it just boggles my mind," Latta said.

Police said the boy lived in the area.

Investigators believe the child drowned, but won't know for sure until an autopsy is done.